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June 19, 2007

Yellow Alert

On May 6, 2007, WHOI researchers and technicians deployed the Real Time
Offshore Seismic Station (RTOSS) off the coast of Grenada. RTOSS is
part of a project to develop new mooring technology for earthquake
monitoring, and it includes an ocean-bottom seismometer deployed
directly on top of the volcano to collect real-time data from the
hazardous Kick‘em Jenny volcano. The new system should significantly
improve the ability of natural hazard managers to notify and protect
the island’s residents from volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. (Photo by Robert Reves-Sohn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)